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Arctic Monkeys - Jakarta, Indonesia

18/03/2023

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𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐂 𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐊𝐄𝐘𝐒 at Beach City International Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia (18 March 2023)

photographed by Saska Paloma Gladina for akselerasi.ent

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thebandwashere: Arctic Monkeys on the cover of the Oct 2022 issue of NME. 📸 by Zackery Michael @zackerymichael The boys are standing in the exact location of the cover image for their latest album The Car. The cover 📸 is by Matt Helders @matthelders, the drummer for the Arctic Monkeys and also one hell of a photographer. Here’s what Matt had to say about that image: “I took it a few years ago. I was living in an apartment in downtown LA for a bit and that was taken out of my bedroom window. I’d just got a lens for this camera and it was a different perspective to what I usually used. I took a lot of pictures of that car park, but that was just one that stood out particularly. There was something about that car and where it was… and we kept coming back to it.” I tried to recreate Matt’s picture as best as I could, sneaking up to the rooftop of the building where I thought it was taken from. You’ll see in pic 5 that there was some obstructions in front of me that prevented me from getting a clear shot. Ideally, I needed to stand at the edge of the roof which I couldn’t gain access to (or inside Matt’s old apartment 😉). I was able to raise my arm high enough above the glass wall and roof ledge so that I could take something as close to Matt’s cover image as I could (pic 6). I found it kinda funny that there was a Ford Bronco almost in the exact same spot as the white car seen on the cover. Maybe my next hunt is to find out who owns that white car on the cover. This was a fun find.

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Arctic Monkeys at Ancol Beach City International Stadium, Jakarta, 18/03/2023. (Photos by gerilaksamana)

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Arctic Monkeys - Singapore Indoor Stadium

28/02/2023

📸: ijafooly

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Arctic Monkeys - Clockenflap Festival, Hong Kong

03/03/2023

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Alex Turner and Steve Chapman's birthday cake (via Steve's IG story)

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I’m lost somewhere, no idea whereabout. I’m reflecting and suddenly thinking:“here I am right now, and long ago, I used to be there.” You just wanted to be one of The Strokes? You could explain that as not so respectful towards The Strokes, though that was absolutely the last thing I meant to say with it. I just told myself: just two minutes ago, or so it feels like it, I was standing in the crowd for one of their gigs and I thought I wanted to be in a band. And now I’m here and searching for something to write about. That feels very confusing: what do I want to express? And when I’ll know,how the fuck am I going to say it without it sounding washy?[…] I fantasised about writing a commercial text for a hotel and casino on the moon. In that case ‘The Star Treatment’ would have been the ultimate slogan! I can already visualise the commercial in my head. I love those commercial visuals for hi-fi devices from the 70s,highlighted just like that, accompanied by neon lettering. Yeah, if I had to create and advertisement for a hotel, I would definitely put ‘Star Treatment’ in there. But it also comes from a different place: my dad used to tell me, on evenings where the sky was really clear and we were outside together, how far away those stars were from us. I’ve hear him say that a hundred times. I thought it was so fascinating, again and again I asked him ‘tell me again!’. Then he would point out the brightest star and say: you’re not seeing the light of that star as it shines right now, but like it was many years ago. That light took all those years to reach your eyeball. And then he would explain how fast that light had travelled to blind me.It blew me mind. Just like how one second you wanted to be one of The Strokes and then another you’re sitting here. To be honest, I still want to be one of The Strokes.

Happy Birthday, Alex ♥️ (January 6th, 1986)

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happy birthday love

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i had big ideas...

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As fine a time as any to deduce The fact that neither you or I has ever had a clue But Mr. Schwartz is stayin’ strong for the crew Wardrobe’s lint-rollin’ your velveteen suit And smudgin’ dubbin’ on your dancin’ shoes And if we guess who I’m pretending to be Do we win a prize? Having attempted twice, both incorrectly Do we get a third try? The gloved hand’s reachin’ in to hit the switch There’s not one goddamn thing that you can do about it But Mr. Schwartz is havin’ tea with the grips Askin’ after all the wives and the kids It’s at the heart of what the business is

Happy birthday, Alex ❤️️ (Januray 6th, 1986)

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Guess who’s 37?

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“I always get happy when the sun’s out, shining. I’ve always had a thing about that. Like, I hate it when it’s like raining. But when the sun’s out, I can’t help but be like smiling.” x

Happy Birthday, Alexander David Turner - January 6th 1986

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alex turner | january 6th, 1986 capricorn sun, scorpio moon.

“…In fact I began to think that Alex might be in touch with aliens in some way, the way he works on his lyrics. If there was a line to hone or edit he’d step outside without paper or a pen, stare at the horizon for a few seconds, then walk right back in and deliver some majestic new couplet. Seeing him conjure these lines from nothing I wonder if he’s not at least part extraterrestrial himself.”

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Happy 37th birthday to Alex Turner! (January 6, 1986)

“I like to think that our records communicate the idea of maturation but I hope that doesn’t mean we’ve become difficult to listen to. Maybe this process of evolution, this maturation, is helping me understand when I need to listen to my instincts. It’s helping me understand when I’ve created tunes in more to my mood of the moment, allowing me to explore. If it didn’t, we would probably go back. But even if I wanted to do that, even if I wanted to make a record that sounds like the ones we were making ten years ago, I don’t think I could. And even if sometimes, maybe on a free afternoon, I tried, I perceive the same invariable trajectory in me: after the initial excitement, due to the fact that I’m reminded of that period of my life, the excitement fades very quickly, like a soap bubble, and all that’s left is a guitar riff that sounds like a caricature, an imitation. After that there is nothing else, nothing left to work on, nothing left to process. Whereas the sound we create in the moment speaks to me, conveys something, fills me with possibilities.”

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Posters for Arctic Monkeys' shows at Sidney Myer Music Bowl, 04-05/01/2023.